Eden Yerushalmi, was held hostage for 331 days, shot in the head at close range in a terror tunnel 48hrs before the IDF found her because Hamas suspected her rescue may be imminent. Her body weighed just 79lbs. She was tortured and starved. We are contending with great evil.

In this piece in The Hill Times , Jess Eli Burke (she/they) , Director of EDI and Liaison to 2SLGBTQIA+ Partnerships at CIJA; Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg, Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel Ottawa ; and Jesse Samuels of IATSE Canada 🇨🇦 issue a call to #Pride organizations and the wider 2SLGBTQIA+ community to

CIJA calls on sponsors and organizers to disassociate themselves from "the Real Mazal Tov Cabaret" at Little Mountain Gallery Comedy Club in #Vancouver. After co-opting the name of the original Mazal Tov Cabaret—a non-political, queer Jewish celebration of joy and intersectional

This is insidiously manipulative and relies on the fear mongering to the masses that their devices are at risk. If your pager was not distributed by Hezbollah, you’re good. Let me know if you need any clarification.

Any Palestinian state must fully recognize Israel as a Jewish state and reject anti-Zionism, which opposes any Jewish self-determined presence in the land. No Palestinian leadership has ever met this condition, which is why all previous two-state solution efforts have failed. The

Lebanon has gone from 52% Christian to 30% Christian because of Islamist persecution of the indigenous Maronite populations and ethnic cleansing. Of course there is no mention of Hezbollah lobbing 9,000 missiles indiscriminately at Northern Israel for the last 11.5 months.

The Vancouver Police has made an arrest after a young Jewish female was attacked by an individual screaming, “F—king Jew” and sustained injuries requiring medical attention. Read the following statement from CIJA and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center : ow.ly/nHw650TAGFm

Former hostage Mia Schem says she was locked in a cage with other women who are still held hostage. Mia: “I was put in a cage, with no air or light. There I met five young women, each with their own horrific abduction story...my heart remains captive in Gaza with five young

It was an honour and a privilege to tour the Toronto Holocaust Museum Toronto Holocaust Museum this morning, as we mark Holocaust Education Week. To help combat antisemitism, our government is building on previous initiatives by investing $551,000 in additional supports to expand Holocaust

We were pleased to be part of Minister Jill Dunlop's tour of Toronto Holocaust Museum this morning. Now, more than ever, it is vital for our students to learn about the Holocaust, and how manifestations of antisemitism from over 70 years ago are taking root in contemporary Ontario. We're

As we observe Holocaust Education Week I toured the Toronto Holocaust Museum Toronto Holocaust Museum in #yorkcentre with Jill Dunlop and Logan Kanapathi. Our Ontario government is continuing to show leadership in furthering our investments in new resources to enhance Holocaust education in

➡️ We are alarmed by a recent post from Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia suggesting the Government of Canada is considering a definition of anti-Palestinian racism. Current definitions classify basic expressions of Jewish identity and support for

Today, we consider the immeasurable debt we owe to Canada’s veterans for their extraordinary sacrifices in service to our great nation and honour the memory of the men and women who lost their lives in defence of our freedom and the values and liberties we cherish. Among the

UNRWA supplied only 6.3% of Nov. aid. Not only is UNRWA compromised by Hamas, but UNRWA isn't even pretending to do much of anything, aside from PR. Anyone concerned with Gazan welfare should not pay for this. #DefundUNRWA

The findings from the Auditor General's report indicate that the Toronto District School Board has failed to provide a safe learning environment for students and staff. Unfortunately, while the findings are deeply alarming, they are not surprising. CIJA constantly receives reports from community

.UNRWA personnel helped carry out the October 7 massacre, others cheered it on, others still held hostages captive in their homes, the agency's leadership has expressed solidarity with actual terrorists, and it's ISRAEL that's causing it "reputational damage"? Shut it down now.

Today CIJA joined a panel for International Human Rights Day hosted by Jewish Family & Child Services, sponsored by the CRRF | FCRR . Jess Eli Burke (she/they) , Karen Restoule, Nadine Spencer, Greg Frankson and moderator Dyanoosh Youssefi explored anti-Jewish, anti-Black and anti-Indigenous

Not a single mention of the event that propelled this all, 10.7, not a mention of the hostages kept in Jihadist homes and underground tunnels, not a mention of extremism or genocidal terrorism against Israelis. Despicable as it is disappointing, Marci Ien

BREAKING: Former hostages Romi, Emily, and Doron were held in UN SHELTERS meant for civilians. The UN refuses to condemn Hamas for hiding hostages in civilian spaces. Why? Because it would mean admitting they’ve been deceived by Hamas—or worse, complicit. This is a betrayal